Hose-strap fastener



(No Model.)

B. W. McKENZIE. HOSE STRAP FASTENEE.

'No. 500,029. Patented June 20, 1893.

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BERNARD WRIGHT MCKENZIE, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

HOSE-STRAP FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,029, dated June 20,I893.

Application filed September 13, 1892. Serial No. 45,803. (No model.)

. T on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD WRIGHT Mo- KENZIE, of San Diego, in thecounty of San Diego and State of California, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Hose-Strap Fasteners, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a double leverlike tool of novelconstruction, for applying and securing wire straps or ties to gardenand other hose for uniting the latter to their couplings, substantiallyas hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in theclaims. 7

One object of this hose-strap fastener over, or as compared with others,is to' save wire and the brazing of the ends of the Wire fastenertogether, and the consequent liability of the strap to break at thepoints where itis brazed together, and to provide a wire fastener whichshall be readily adaptable to hose of different thickness or diameter.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the tool as applied to the wirefastener at one stage of securing the hose on a coupling. Fig. 2 is aplan view of said 1001. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, in part, of the sameat another stage of securing the hose on the coupling. Fig. 4 is a frontend view of the tool. Figs. 5, 6 and 7, are longitudinal views of thecoupling and hose in part, with the wire fastening in place, preparatoryto the application of the tool and during the progress of the work bythe application of the tool; and Fig. Sis a longitudinal View of thewire fastening bent into shape before using the tool and securing it bymeans of the tool on the hose and its coupling.

The tool is of a pliers-like description composed of twolevers A and Bpivoted together as at b to form handles a a and jaws cc, but saidlevers are not made to cross each other at their joint or pivot aspliers are. Springs d d are applied to hold the handles a a apart and sothat when closing the handles, the jaws c 0 open, and vice versa. Theone jaw c is made with a longitudinal passage 6, on its inner side openabove terminating in 'a cavity f running across said jaw, and has twolongiho se upon the coupling.

tudinal apertures g g adapted to receive the ends of the wire formingthe fastener and eX- tended through the jaws 0 into the cavity f oneither or both sides of the passage e. The

other or upper jaw c is made straight or approximately so on its innerface and so that when closed it enters down within the passage 6, and ismade with a lip h on the upper side of its front end. Notches i t" areformed in either joint portion of the levers A and B on opposite sidesof the pivot b for cutting the wire, as in the case of shears, byshutting to the handles a a, after said wire has been bent by the toolto fasten the hose on the coupling. This feature is not claimed as anovelty in itself, but is simply added for convenience, as

a wire cutter of some kind is necessary each time the tool is used, butany other cutting means might be employed.

* In the drawings, 0 represents the coupling and D one end of the hosesecured, or to be secured thereon,and E is the wire,preferably brasswire, fastener or strap for binding the This wire strap is made from apiece of wire cut the required length and doubled over into U-shape asshown in Fig. 8. The strap is then bent with the hands around the hoseD, outside of the coupling E and its loose ends passed through the loopor looped end of the strap. My hose strap fastening tool is then appliedand the free ends of the strap inserted into and through the smallapertures g g in the lip or front end jaw portion 0 of the lever A ofthe tool, as far as possible, as shown in Fig. 1. The handles a a, arethen compressed or closed, the apertures g g gripping firmly the freeends of the wire strap, and as the two jaws c 0' open by the closing ofthe handles a a,- the jaw 0' takes hold of the looped end of the strapand by apwire strap is drawn perfectly tight around the hose, as shownin Fig. 3. Then, by a movement of the tool around the hose, the freeends of the wire are bent or inclined over as represented in Fig. 6, soas to hold the wire from slipping, after which the tool is released fromthe strap, the surplus wire out off by inserting the exposed endportions of the wire in the notches 2' t" of the tool and working thelatter as a shears, or the surplus wire maybe otherwise cutoff, and thenthe remaining end portions bent down by hand or hammer on on hose tosecure the latter to their couplings,

comprising two pivoted jaws, one jaw being provided with a lip on theupper side of its front end, and the other with a longitudinal passageon its inner side adapted to receive the upper jaw and with longitudinalapertures to receive thefree ends of the wire forming the fastener,substantially as described.

2. The herein described tool, consisting of the levers A B pivotedtogether and provided with the jaws c c, the jaw 0' being provided withthe lip h, and the jaw c with the transverse cavity the longitudinalpassage e extending to the said cavity and adapted to receive the jaw cand the longitudinal apertures g adapted to receive the free ends of thewire tie,;as specified.

BERNARD WRIGHT M GKENZIE.

Witnesses:

A. A. SPARKS, A. L. Ross.

